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A German ISP changed their DNS to block my website

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808 points shaunpud | 1 comments | 24 Aug 25 10:27 UTC | HN request time: 0.204s | source
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breppp ◴[24 Aug 25 11:41 UTC] No.45003466[source]▶
Europe and Germany in particular took from the 30s-40s the lesson where freedom of expression is a risk in democracies because a demagogue can easily sway opinions. For that reason they are in a better position to protect themselves against the 21st century threat to democracy of foreign influences networks
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Argonaut998 ◴[24 Aug 25 11:57 UTC] No.45003554[source]▶
No thanks. I’d rather form my own opinions.

>the “demagogue” who allows free expression is more of a tyrant than a state who blocks wrongthink

Okay

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1. breppp ◴[24 Aug 25 12:24 UTC] No.45003721[source]▶
Yet even if you were never manipulated by false information or narratives in your life, if you live in the US you live in a country where pizzagate happened, the capital riots, the george floyd protests which also became very violent at times and other events where the russian IRA had a hand